§ Sir Anthony DurantTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what is the outcome of the current application for HSS trust status in Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. HanleyMy noble Friend, the Earl of Arran, has decided to approve the applications for trust status from the following units:
- Belfast City hospital
- Craigavon area hospitals group
- Ulster, North Down and Ards hospitals
- Green Park unit
- Eastern ambulance service
- Down and Lisburn unit
- North Down and Ards community unit
- North and West Belfast community unit
- South and East Belfast community unit
The application from the Mater Infirmorum hospital has been deferred to allow the future role of the hospital to be clarified in the light of the Eastern health and social services board's current review of acute services.
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Waiting list by category District at 30 September 1991 at 31 March 1992 at 30 September 1992 As Bs As Bs As Bs Antrim 77 576 82 609 72 586 Armagh 44 489 62 497 49 484 Ballycastle 26 160 21 167 23 157 Ballymena 88 565 99 601 96 651 Ballymoney 28 287 18 310 16 326 Banbridge 60 262 46 266 41 238 Bangor 113 901 120 889 138 824 Belfast 1 169 513 131 524 162 526 Belfast 2 177 822 165 834 131 771 Belfast 3 339 451 292 433 249 418 Belfast 4 243 604 217 656 223 586 Belfast 5 202 420 202 408 238 415 Belfast 6 132 483 128 501 138 492 Belfast 7 238 1,025 220 1,058 209 1,025 Carrickfergus 56 468 45 501 66 495 Castlereagh 1 35 248 28 245 35 207 Castlereagh 2 63 455 73 450 69 445 Coleraine 83 717 75 698 67 694 Cookstown 37 189 21 209 20 212 Craigavon 14 223 5 193 6 173 Downpatrick 134 597 100 620 157 667 Dungannon 28 358 42 378 26 394 Fermanagh 92 444 81 465 76 465 Larne 54 364 64 364 58 352 Limavady 61 288 54 367 55 340 Lisburn 1 132 512 129 539 135 495 Lisburn 2 38 285 57 320 54 287 Lisburn 3 85 326 57 322 66 321 Londonderry 1 198 422 199 432 202 440 Londonderry 2 91 339 100 369 122 394 Londonderry 3 98 258 85 249 125 257 Lurgan 74 428 57 462 49 429 Magherafelt 45 333 51 331 41 355 Newry 1 61 423 41 441 50 430 Newry 2 55 407 63 434 47 443 Newtownabbey 1 43 308 41 349 52 344 Newtownabbey 2 57 441 47 437 60 460 Newtownards 1 116 467 97 489 87 473 Newtownards 2 53 251 28 245 32 231 Omagh 42 476 59 485 58 439 Portadown 48 364 47 403 43 405 Strabane 71 299 67 347 67 317 The approved HSS trusts will come into operation on 1 April 1993, apart from the last four—community-based units—whose establishment is dependent on the passage of amending legislation and cannot therefore be before 1 April 1994.